A year ago, the exodus was about to begin at Maryland. Five scholarship players with remaining eligibility left the program after a 17-15 season that concluded with the Terps failing to reach the postseason for the second time in Mark Turgeon's three years and the NCAA tournament for the fourth straight year.

The Miami Heat went back to a basic during Sunday's video session and on-court review: How to get the ball to the really big guy with the really large wingspan.
After Hassan Whiteside was limited to six shots in Friday's 102-92 loss to the Toronto...

NBA President of Basketball Operations Rod Thorn told the Sun Sentinel Tuesday that Hassan Whiteside's one-game suspension solely was for his Monday elbow against Boston Celtics forward Kelly Olynyk and not from an aggregation of other on-court...

This time the financial penalty for Hassan Whiteside was not as severe, but the impact to the Miami Heat is more extreme.
With Whiteside suspended for Wednesday's game against the Brooklyn Nets at AmericanAirlines Arena for his Monday blow to the back...

Q: If I'm the Heat, Hassan Whiteside gets a DNP next game. Enough already. -- Faye.
A: I think the league will take that decision out of the hands of Erik Spoelstra and Pat Riley. He got off unexpectedly easy for last Monday's skirmish with the Suns'...

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Earlier in the day, Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade was asked if he felt teammate Hassan Whiteside had learned his lesson about controlling his emotions on the court.
Apparently, Whiteside has yet to check his voice mail because he obviously hasn't gotten the message.
He was ejected in the second half of Monday's 100-90 loss to the Boston Celtics at AmericanAirlines Arena, marking his second early exit in five games. Whiteside, who has already been fined $36,000 this season, will almost certainly have to...

This year, no doubt, has been the best year of Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside’s life.
Just don’t include the last day or so.
Whiteside once again found himself apologizing for yet another on-court altercation that got him ejected for a second time in five games. After Tuesday’s practice, he expressed remorse for shoving Boston Celtic forward Kelly Olynyk to the ground in the third quarter of Monday’s 100-90 loss at AmericanAirlines Arena.
“I feel terrible about it,...

The Lakers (16-42) finished Week 18 with a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder (33-27), after wins over the Utah Jazz (23-35) and Milwaukee Bucks (32-27).
They'll play four games in Week 19, visiting the Charlotte Hornets (24-33), Miami Heat (26-33) and Memphis Grizzlies (42-16) before hosting the Dallas Mavericks (40-22) on Sunday at Staples Center.
To date, the Lakers are one win better than the cumulative prediction of 15-43.
Tuesday at Charlotte Hornets
The Hornets are inconsistent, but they'...

Hassan Whiteside has been heard loud and clear amid his breakout season. Now the emerging Miami Heat center appreciates it might be time to mute his voice.
With his technical foul in the second quarter of Friday's game against the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center for a tussle with Marcin Gortat, Whiteside is now up to eight technical fouls this season, which ties him for fifth in the league, despite not being signed until a month into the season. No other Heat player has been called for more...

If you can't comprehend or come to terms with why Hassan Whiteside sometimes lashes out under the rim, why he sometimes seems ready to fight the world, some context is in order.
Consider this: Almost five years before Whiteside dominated Wesley Johnson, Ed Davis and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers with 18 points and 25 rebounds Wednesday night, the NBA told Whiteside those guys and more than 30 others were better than him. Johnson was taken No. 4 in the 2010 NBA Draft, Davis No.13, while Whiteside...

Thus far, Goran Dragic has brought everything that was expected.
The Heat are scoring at a higher rate, topping 100 points in three of Dragic's first six games. That doesn't mean they are ready to turn into the Phoenix Suns or any other team built to outscore the opposition.
Coach Erik Spoelstra made a point to say the Heat remain a defense-first team.
"I will fight this to the death, we're not going to be a team that's going to take the ball out of the basket and try to outscore teams," Spoelstra said...